The Staggering Potential of Miso Soup
Miso soup is about as pedestrian and unremarkable a dish as you’ll find in Japanese cuisine, or at least that’s the common perception of it. Imagine a bowl of miso soup, and chances are you’ll be picturing a cloudy broth with a few thin slices of green onion, some cubes of tofu, and some bits […]
Dispatch № 105: A Perfect Day for Pounding Rice
The air was cold and crisp, filled with the sounds of easy conversation and the rhythmic, sticky thuds of rice being pounded into mochi.
Dispatch № 83: Bulging
The bag of plastic recycling comically large and overstuffed to bursting, like a farcical suitcase.
Dispatch № 8: A Surprisingly Deep Bowl
How many organisms does it take to make a bowl of soup? If it’s miso soup, the answer is usually around nine. Surprised?